200 0 W inter N a t io n al Oly m p ic s
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IAbove) The Winter Olympics were bl essed w ith a large turnout. Here, the 85cc 114-15) class flies during the Supercross
portion of the program.
(Below) Precipitation turned t he track into a muddy quagmire at ti m e s, as demonstrated by 85cc 112-13) class winner Broc
Helper 154) on Frida)'.
PH OT O S BY T OM VE ETY /
A CTI ON S PO RT S
GAINESVILLE, FL, NOV. 23ยท26
irs t of a ll. we a po lo g ize for the
la c k of in -depth co ve ra ge o f
Unlim it e d Spo rts ' Win t e r National
O lym p ic s from Ga to rback Cycle Park
in Flor ida . but o ur re g u lar contrib u to rs had to pull o ut at the la st m inute
due to health reasons . and since the
event ta kes pla ce over Thanksgiving
Weekend. find ing a repl a c emen t wa s
ne xt to imposs ible. Fortunate ly. s hut te rbug Tom Veety ca me th rough with
so me g reat p ho tos th a t we t hought
we 'd share with yo u.
Th e e vent is un iqu e in th at it typ ica ll y c om b in e s sc or e s fro m thr e e
s e p a ra t e dis cip line s - m oto cr o s s,
Supercross a nd TT - with ea ch cla ss '
best o verall perform e r collecting a n
ov era ll trophy . The same ba s ic concept wa s ut ilized th is year , a lthough
the TT wa s repla ced by a Gra nd Prix
com petitio n , and the ev e nt orde r was
c ha nged s ligh tly to ru n the Grand Prix
first and the S up e rcr oss next, with the
premi er motoc ros s ra ce going last.
The big winne r over th e co ld, a nd
at times wet, weekend wa s Kawasa ki
Team Gree n rider Andrew Sh ort, who
took the overa ll wins in th e 125 and
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